[microsound-announce] Fwd: Flux Factory::Callout for Volunteers!

[Kim Cascone]

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> Date: April 15, 2009 12:07:06 PM PDT
> Subject: Callout for Volunteers!
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> Flux Factory, a Queens-based artist-run center and art collective,  
> is soliciting volunteers for construction of a new live/work/play  
> space in downtown Long Island City.  We lost our home of nine years  
> last October due to eminent domain expansion of the LIRR, but now  
> we’re back, with a better location, an 8000 square foot building,  
> and the will to conquer.  We’ve just signed a lease on a three- 
> story mixed-use building (a former greeting card factory!) just two  
> blocks north of Queens Plaza.  When all’s said and done, we’ll have  
> built a mixed-use art production, living, event, community, and  
> gallery space with a communal wood shop, recording studio, screen  
> printing facilities, a large gallery and a smaller project space,  
> an open shared office, a cozy library, a modest speakeasy, regular  
> events for the Queens arts community, and living quarters for  
> between seven and ten Artists in Residence with private studios  
> also available for rent.  We’ve got a lot of work to do- and we  
> want your help!
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> We’re working in the space every Tuesday through Saturday from  
> about 10-6, sometimes later, from now until mid-July.  We need  
> volunteers to help with all aspects of demolition and construction.  
> Come ready to learn all about how to renovate a building using  
> green techniques and recycled materials, or spend an afternoon  
> showing off your superhuman sheetrock skills for a good cause.   
> We’re also looking for administrative volunteers to help us with  
> different aspects of running a sprawling non-profit, like  
> alternative materials acquisitions, event production, mailings, and  
> other fun office stuff.  We’ll make you lunch, give you beer after  
> you’re done with the sledgehammer, and have so much fun together.   
> All levels of ability, from 98 pound weakling to master carpenter,  
> are welcome and encouraged to come by for as much or little time as  
> you’d like.
>
> Interested?  Call or e-mail Shalin at 678.936.7721  or  
> shalin.scupham at gmail.com.
>
> We can’t wait to hear from you!
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://www.fluxfactory.org

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